The origins of encaustic painting can be traced back to ancient Greece around the 5th century BCE. The word 'encaustic' ...

Fifteenth Century Venice stood out of the Adriatic in a blaze of gold, ultramarine and many-colored marble. There Giovanni Bellini grew up, amidst a half-Oriental riot of clear colors. Scores of ...

Since then, encaustic has moved in and out of art history: Byzantine icons in the sixth century, European paintings in the mid-17th century and murals in the 18th century. European artists again ...

Artist Kim Covell Maurer is captivated by encaustic painting, an ancient, layered art form. Kim Covell Maurer is an artist who loves a good process. When she discovered the art of encaustic ...

Being both a representation of a thing and the thing in itself, Flag is as contemporary a work of art as artworks get ... and mosaics of ancient Greece: encaustic painting. Simply put, encaustic ...